We gave the enemy a drubbing.
Source: tatoeba (29192)
Drubbing
//ˈdɹʌbɪŋ//
Synonyms for "drubbing" (88 found)
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Translations
18 translations across 5 languages.
Danish
4 entries- lag tæsk noun (severe beating)
- omgang klø noun (severe beating)
- omgang tæsk noun (severe beating)
- stryg noun (thorough defeat)
French
3 entries- branlée noun (severe beating)
- raclée noun (severe beating)
- raclée noun (thorough defeat)
Irish
2 entries- greasáil noun (severe beating)
- greasáil noun (thorough defeat)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- grisebank noun (severe beating)
- omgang juling noun (severe beating)
- pryl noun (severe beating)
- stryk noun (severe beating)
Walloon
4 entries- petêye noun (thorough defeat)
- pilure noun (thorough defeat)
- plouzêye noun (severe beating)
- trimpe noun (severe beating)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
After its drubbing at the polls, the party has to reinvent itself.
Source: tatoeba (10022040)
His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.
Source: wiktionary
Yet upon its release in Germany the first world war drama has been at the receiving end of a critical drubbing, with critics complaining that it turns a beloved literary classic into a spectacle “horny for an Oscar”, and military historians bemoaning its “black-and-white” historical inaccuracies.
Source: wiktionary
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